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Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Waste & Transport Supervisor

The closing date is 28 August 2025

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Job summary

Closing Date: 28th August 2025.

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: Commencing 29th August 2025.

Interviews expected to take place in the week commencing: 8th September 2025.

This in an exciting opportunity to join our Waste & Transport team as a Supervisor at Bradford Teaching hospitals.

You will have the opportunity to showcase your skills as you ;

Provide supervision, leadership and support to the Waste Porter & Transport Driver team ensuring a professional, efficient, effective and timely service to all departments that will contribute to achieving safe, high quality patient care.

You will learn all things Waste & Transport, the role is a working Supervisor so you will understand and be willing to do every aspect of the role.

Having excellent communication skills you will work closely with the Portering Senior Supervisor to ensure the efficient running of the services.

Main duties of the job

Ensure excellent communication with the Waste porter & Transport driver team at all times. Ensure effective communication systems are in place.

Work closely with the Senior Supervisor, attend any meetings as necessary and ensure that information requests are responded to as required.

Ensure the waste room/waste collection schedules are up to date and resourced effectively.

Ensure that the Transport delivery rounds are up to date and deliveries and collections completed as per schedule.

To work as a member of the Waste porter team to collect/remove waste across BTHFT sites when required.

To work as a member of the Transport driver team as and when required.

Ensure appraisals, probationary reviews and all training including Mandatory training is completed for all team members

Follow agreed process to accurately record staff absence, record timely RTW's and approve annual leave.

Ensure that staff work within agreed safe systems of work at all times.

Ensure that personal protective equipment (PPE) is provided to all staff and that it is used/worn at all times.

Report any Health & Safety issues or incidents and report on IRIS

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

  • We value people
  • We are one team
  • We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Details

Date posted

14 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

389-25-7414307

Job locations

BRI/SLH and Community sites

Bradford

BD9 6RJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of dealing with customers and service users

Desirable

  • Supervisory or Team Leader experience
  • Previous experience within Waste or Transport services
  • Previous experience of delivering operational staff training

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrate the ability to work confidently, efficiently and effectively with colleagues.
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to appropriately deal with people in difficult and/or challenging situations
  • Demonstrate the ability to plan and prioritise workload and operate in a flexible manner to deliver patient focused services
  • Computer literate including experience of Word, Excel & MS Office.
  • Demonstrate the ability to accurately complete paperwork

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of information governance and confidentiality
  • Willingness to undertake further role specific training and all mandatory & essential training
  • Knowledge of customer care and impact on services delivered
  • Take responsibility for own personal development & has a positive attitude to further training
  • Understanding and knowledge of the need to manage services within allocated resources and how to do so

Desirable

  • Knowledge of infection control and impact on service delivered

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE pass or equivalent in Maths and English
  • Qualification in customer care (NVQ 2 or equivalent) or willingness to complete
  • Full Drivers Licence
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of dealing with customers and service users

Desirable

  • Supervisory or Team Leader experience
  • Previous experience within Waste or Transport services
  • Previous experience of delivering operational staff training

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrate the ability to work confidently, efficiently and effectively with colleagues.
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to appropriately deal with people in difficult and/or challenging situations
  • Demonstrate the ability to plan and prioritise workload and operate in a flexible manner to deliver patient focused services
  • Computer literate including experience of Word, Excel & MS Office.
  • Demonstrate the ability to accurately complete paperwork

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of information governance and confidentiality
  • Willingness to undertake further role specific training and all mandatory & essential training
  • Knowledge of customer care and impact on services delivered
  • Take responsibility for own personal development & has a positive attitude to further training
  • Understanding and knowledge of the need to manage services within allocated resources and how to do so

Desirable

  • Knowledge of infection control and impact on service delivered

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE pass or equivalent in Maths and English
  • Qualification in customer care (NVQ 2 or equivalent) or willingness to complete
  • Full Drivers Licence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

BRI/SLH and Community sites

Bradford

BD9 6RJ


Employer's website

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

BRI/SLH and Community sites

Bradford

BD9 6RJ


Employer's website

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Facilities Manager - Portering

Michael Summers

michael.summers@bthft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

14 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

389-25-7414307

Job locations

BRI/SLH and Community sites

Bradford

BD9 6RJ


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